Three girls injured in wreck

BRONSON TOWNSHIP ó All three girls in a pick up truck were injured Monday afternoon when the teenaged driver lost control and hit a tree on Rierson Rd just after 2 p.m.

The driver lost control headed north on the dirt road a quarter mile north of Cranson Rd. The truck went off the west side and slammed its right front side into a tree.

An employee of a seed company heard the girls crying for help as he checked a field of seed corn nearby and called 911.

The Bronson Fire Department said the 16-year old driver and her five year old sister were able to get out but the 18-year passenger, her brotherís fiancee, was trapped in the passengerís seat. The side and floor or the 1991 Dodge 150 pick up collapsed pinning her leg and foot.

Firemen took extra precautions because of leaking gasoline as they worked to free her using the jaws of life. All three were taken to Community Health Center in two LifeCare ambulances.

The girls had planned an afternoon of swimming. The pet duck they had with them did not suffer any injury.

Branch County Sheriff Office (BCSO) and Bronson Police assisted at the scene. Michigan state Police did not release the names of the girls. The truck was registered to William Green of 760 Cranson Rd.†